diff --git a/internal/exec/exec.go b/internal/exec/exec.go
index a68939a..a652775 100644
--- a/internal/exec/exec.go
+++ b/internal/exec/exec.go
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ func (e *Exec) Run(cc *oaws.CredentialContainer) error {
 		if strings.HasPrefix(k, "AWS_") {
 			pairs[k] = pair[1]
 		}
+                // fix 'RuntimeError: Could not determine home directory.' on windows when using --exec to run AWS cli v2
+                if strings.HasPrefix(k, "HOME") {
+			pairs[k] = pair[1]
+		}
 	}
 	// add creds env var names to pairs
 	pairs["AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"] = cc.AccessKeyID